Twitter falls in love with Bentley the Ebola dog … except it’s not him

http://twitter.com/#!/nypost/status/522454100097904642

Awww! Ebola patient Nina Pham’s puppy, Bentley, sure is adorable!

GUYS. RT @iAustinHunt: Bentley, the Ebola dog, looks very, very sad in quarantine pic.twitter.com/JL2SzmfVL4

— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) October 15, 2014

NOOOOOO MT @nypost: Bentley, the puppy of an Ebola patient in Dallas, is being closely monitored in quarantine pic.twitter.com/6XvXe0NKLe

— A Real Live Spider (@joetoenails) October 15, 2014

OMG GIMME, PLEASE. RT @scottbix: I don't care if Bentley has Ebola – I love him http://t.co/cYb1sJedwm pic.twitter.com/N4XStaZdsS

— Baylor Bae. (@T_dot_Lee) October 15, 2014

By an amazing coincidence, the same image was posted to Reddit eight days ago — before anyone knew Nina Pham had Ebola.

Semi-good news: Photo of a wet “Bentley Ebola dog” was on Reddit 8 days ago. Probably not him. http://t.co/d3zswWZdUx pic.twitter.com/Sp88sqGqx9

— Alyson Shontell (@ajs) October 15, 2014

And here’s the same photo on Pinterest 16 weeks ago.

Fortunately, the White House is all over it:

100% real statement by the White House on Bentley pic.twitter.com/nNI1y9HnIb

— samir mezrahi (@samir) October 15, 2014